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// Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
// source: google/bigtable/v2/data.proto

// Protobuf Java Version: 3.25.5
package com.google.bigtable.v2;

public interface ColumnOrBuilder
    extends
    // @@protoc_insertion_point(interface_extends:google.bigtable.v2.Column)
    com.google.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder {

  /**
   *
   *
   * <pre>
   * The unique key which identifies this column within its family. This is the
   * same key that's used to identify the column in, for example, a RowFilter
   * which sets its `column_qualifier_regex_filter` field.
   * May contain any byte string, including the empty string, up to 16kiB in
   * length.
   * </pre>
   *
   * <code>bytes qualifier = 1;</code>
   *
   * @return The qualifier.
   */
  com.google.protobuf.ByteString getQualifier();

  /**
   *
   *
   * <pre>
   * Must not be empty. Sorted in order of decreasing "timestamp_micros".
   * </pre>
   *
   * <code>repeated .google.bigtable.v2.Cell cells = 2;</code>
   */
  java.util.List<com.google.bigtable.v2.Cell> getCellsList();
  /**
   *
   *
   * <pre>
   * Must not be empty. Sorted in order of decreasing "timestamp_micros".
   * </pre>
   *
   * <code>repeated .google.bigtable.v2.Cell cells = 2;</code>
   */
  com.google.bigtable.v2.Cell getCells(int index);
  /**
   *
   *
   * <pre>
   * Must not be empty. Sorted in order of decreasing "timestamp_micros".
   * </pre>
   *
   * <code>repeated .google.bigtable.v2.Cell cells = 2;</code>
   */
  int getCellsCount();
  /**
   *
   *
   * <pre>
   * Must not be empty. Sorted in order of decreasing "timestamp_micros".
   * </pre>
   *
   * <code>repeated .google.bigtable.v2.Cell cells = 2;</code>
   */
  java.util.List<? extends com.google.bigtable.v2.CellOrBuilder> getCellsOrBuilderList();
  /**
   *
   *
   * <pre>
   * Must not be empty. Sorted in order of decreasing "timestamp_micros".
   * </pre>
   *
   * <code>repeated .google.bigtable.v2.Cell cells = 2;</code>
   */
  com.google.bigtable.v2.CellOrBuilder getCellsOrBuilder(int index);
}
